Michael Stephenson, PayrollHero CEO at next Better Business Brunch (Manila)

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Join us in our FIRST EVER rapid-round talks with speakers David Bonifacio, Michael Stephenson, Boris Joaquin, and Jhoanna Gan-So!

They will be talking about bringing the “human” back in human resources – focusing on HR’s role as the advocate of the employee.

Reserve your slot now using this link – http://goo.gl/rEb1Hg

See you there!!

4 Upcoming Events To Learn More About PayrollHero (Webinar, Manila, Cebu)

We run many events so that you have many opportunities to learn about PayrollHero as possible. Here is a quick round up of the upcoming events so that you can register for the one (or more) that suits you best.

April 16th, 23rd and 30th, 2:00pm PHT (Fort Bonifacio, Philippines)
Join New Leaf Ventures as they run through PayrollHero Unwrapped. A great introduction to the PayrollHero platform to get all of your questions answered.
Complete details and Registration information

April 17th, 1:00pm PHT (Webinar) 
Join Brandon Strong on Skype as he takes you through PayrollHero’s HRIS platform
Complete details and Registration information

April 22nd and 23rd, 9:00am – 5:00pm PHT (Fort Bonifacio, Philippines)
PayrollHero’s two day time, attendance and scheduling (TAS) certification course. This course is perfect for HR and Payroll Admins who want to be certified on the PayrollHero platform.
Complete details and Registration information

May 10th, 1:30pm PHT (Cebu, Philippines)
Join New Leaf Ventures as they run through PayrollHero Unwrapped. A great introduction to the PayrollHero platform to get all of your questions answered.
Complete details and Registration information

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Upcoming: Time And Attendance Webinar

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Join Brandon for the next Time, Attendance and Scheduling webinar. This free webinar is designed to showcase how PayrollHero works, how you can use it within your business and answer any questions that you have.

When: March 28th 2014 @ 11:00 Philippine Time
Where: Skype

What will you learn?

– How PayrollHero’s selfie clock in eliminates buddy punching and ghost employees
– How to schedule your hourly employees quickly and easily
– How automation works to make managing your team easier
– How resolving attendance infractions is quick, easy and in real time
– How our transparent, real time analytics helps your employees change their attendance behaviour
– How our multi-worksite functionality enables you to monitor your growing team
– How PayrollHero makes your managers job easier by sending out automated, timely emails based on attendance infractions
– How our human resources information system (HRIS) systemizes your HR team

Plus much much more. Sign up!

Recap: Singapore Management University Panel

unnamed-1I had the honour of being a part of a panel this morning for the Singapore Management University (SMU) Postgraduate Education and Career Forum at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Makati, Philippines.

The topic for the panel was “Shaping The Next Generation Business Leaders” and was well attended. SMU ran this event in Jakarta, Indonesia and Manila, Philippines as part of their drive for next years students.  On the panel, I was joined by;

Moderator: Steven Burton
Deputy Director, Postgraduate Professional Programmes & Dato’ Kho Hui Meng Career Centre, Singapore Management University

Donna De Santos
Country Recruitment Head of Citi Philippines

Elisa Abalajon
HR Director, Mondelez International (SEA Business, APAC)

Rossana Javier
CEO & Partner, PwC Advisory

It was a great panel, with ranging views on hiring, recruiting, education, emerging markets, entrepreneurism and human resources (HR). We all did about 10 minute introductions and was followed by a 60 minute question and answer period with the attendees.

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(Panel L – R: Rossana Javier CEO & Partner of PwC AdvisoryElisa Abalajon HR Director of Mondelez International (formally Kraft International), Moderator Steven Burton from SMU, Stephen Jagger Co-Founder of PayrollHero and Donna De Santos Country Recruitment Head of Citi Philippines)

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Top 5 Excuses for Being Late to Work

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We have all been there, watching the clock before you start work knowing that you are not going to make it on time. It is not a great feeling and it only becomes worse when it is something clearly your own fault, but that doesn’t mean you don’t hear a few good excuses from tardy colleagues. Here is our list of the top 5 most common excuses for being late.

5. Heavy line up getting food/coffee before work

4. Family/kids event held me up

3. Alarm didn’t wake me up

2. Weather implications

1. Traffic

I am sure most of you agree traffic is the easiest candidate to blame for being late (except in Whistler) as it can be unexpected, uncontrollable and downright restricting on your day especially in countries like Philippines where congested transportation is a major issue. However we wanted to remind you from PayrollHero how important being punctual and on time is. Planning your day and taking weather into account is your first step to being more timely. Being late consistently will hinder both your career prospects and colleague relationships. Disappointing or letting down your team is the easiest way to lose respect in a workplace and create tension among your coworkers.

With this list however, we want to ask you what is the best excuse for being late you have ever heard? We have all heard quite a few so I encourage you to share the most memorable one you have ever heard in the comments below!

PayrollHero Welcomes Faburrito!

uploaded20130602-10134-1rhmhna20130602-10134-8tdcopFaburrito Fresh Mexican Grills became PayrollHero clients a few months ago and their team has been really enjoying it.  PayrollHero’s platform helps the Faburrito team take care of their time, attendance, scheduling and Philippine payroll.  As you can see from some of the employee’s clock in photos – they really enjoy the process! (just look at some of their clock in photos)

Faburrito is a young company that was founded in 2011 and as we are growing, we have tough challenges, one of them is to keep our Human Resource organised. So, I started to open up our main office to support our restaurants in the field and I really had a hard time finding a good HR person who will take in charge with all Payroll, Scheduling, Benefits & Others – Good thing I found PayrollHero who has been helping both the company and the employees in many ways.”
– Chester Alfaro, Support Center Manager, Faburrito
uploaded20130612-21855-1pazt3j20130612-21855-oh4nti uploaded20130614-26582-1h1hozl20130614-26582-5qzq90Do you have a restaurant in the Philippines that needs a payroll solution?  Do you want to utilize PayrollHero’s time, attendance, scheduling and payroll platform within your restaurant business? Reach out to our client happiness team for more details.

SocialHRCamp; Keynote

I was invited to speak at tomorrow’s Social HR Camp as the opening keynote to kick the event off.  An honor to be included especially amongst the fantastic line up of speakers they have scheduled for tomorrow.  My quick opening talk is all about social media and the HR world.  Here is the overview:

Camp Kick-Off: “Let’s Get Revved Up”—Stephen Jagger
How is social media impacting business today, and in the future? Why does business need to care, particularly HR? What are the lost opportunities if organizations are not strategically leveraging social media? Book author of highly popular “Sociable” and perpetual entrepreneur (newest venture is PayrollHero.com) Stephen Jagger will set the tone for SocialHRCamp Vancouver attendees.

What is SocialHRCamp?
“SocialHRCamp explores how Human Resources professionals around the world can leverage social media to create and generate unparalleled business value.  This is not a typical conference where you spend most of your time being spoken at.

SocialHRCamp allows YOU to be an active participant in shaping the “UnConference”—be as active as you want to be.  From passive audience member to leading a session on a topic related to HR and social media, the experience is yours to create.

Social media is not a fad—with 800 million+ Facebook users, over 175 million Twitter users, 4 billion YouTube views every day, and the impact of other platforms like LinkedIn, Pinterest, Google+ and many more, the opportunity for HR to tap into this audience is enormous.

Whether you’re new to social media or an expert, SocialHRCamp is for you.  You will be able to customize your Camp experience based on your skill level—beginner, intermediate and advanced.  Not only will you learn from others, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with your peers and showcase your talents and interests in an impactful way.”

Interested in attending?  Here is the full agenda… hope to see you tomorrow.